Disconnect
One of the things I tend to do on weekends, despite myself, is completely disconnect from everything not related to sports or bad TV movies on the Sci-Fi Channel. I’ll read my friends’ blogs (usually all at once late at night when I’ve got free time), but other than that I don’t really pay attention to anything. It’s like… when I turn off, I completely turn off.
I wonder if that’s normal. Some people seem to stay tuned in all the time, always commenting about stuff and making great posts. Even when they’re not exactly feeling on top of their game, they at least keep moving forward. I just kind of zone out. This is probably the most attention I’ve paid to this blog, uh, ever.
By the time Monday rolls around, I’ll have 500-600 things in my feed reader. Usually late Sunday night, I’ll poke around halfheartedly at the various sites I use for various things, then mark all read. I should probably pay more attention to this stuff, especially where PopFi is concerned, but sometimes I just need to tune in, turn on, and drop out. I don’t know how those type A folks can just constantly work.
A lot of my NaBloPoMo posts have been introspective things about blogging. Usually because I don’t have anything to blog about besides blogging. Especially on the weekends, when I pretty much shut down mentally and watch a ton of sports to regain mental energy.
All the work I do takes more out of me than I let on.
Tags: blogging, blogging funk, laziness, newscoma is groovy, PopFi, working
November 24th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Whew.
And you may not realize it, but your blogging funk is actually producing some good writing. I think you do realize it, though.
November 24th, 2008 at 11:52 am
I have found that this NaBloPoMo thing has made blogging less fun. I started doing it because I enjoyed posting crap when I think of it but I was never forced to do it. This makes me feel forced. I am glad that we are down to the final week.
November 24th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Holly: Well, I realize it’s producing some good writing, but it seems like I have to write 3 posts of crap to get out one good post. I guess that might be the ratio I have to work with here.
LeBlanc: I’m glad we’re at the final week, too. It’s kind of tiresome, given all the other blogs and websites I have to produce updates for in a week. I like that it’s made me write more here, and I think I’ve gotten some good things done, but at the same time I’m worn out and neglecting my freelance work a bit. (Well, I’m not, but that’s what it feels like.)
November 25th, 2008 at 2:38 am
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